Saying goodbye to Julian, Francesca was hit with a storm of emotions.

Madam Jenkins’s words were still echoing in her head—

“When you went into labor and it got dangerous, I made Julian kneel… I only did it to vent my anger…”

It had been years.

Julian had never said a word.

With the kind of personality he had—someone who could use any means necessary—he still never brought it up.

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